Maybe a 10-minute team meeting will be enough to jolt an Avalanche team that needs some shaking up.

The response will be known soon enough when the Avalanche, coming off an embarrassing 4-1 loss Tuesday in Calgary, takes on the Flames again Thursday night at the Pepsi Center.

As is almost always the case, players wouldn't discuss what was said during the closed-door powwow, but chances are pretty good they spoke about playing with more passion, giving goalie Peter Budaj more help and actually scoring more than a token goal. All three would go a long way to improving the team's situation.

The Avalanche, 8-9-0 for the year, has been a ridiculously streaky bunch since the season began with a three-game losing streak that was followed by a five-game winning streak.

The Calgary Flames were determined to find a way to turn around their rough November, no matter how hard Peter Budaj made it for them. The Flames overcame a 47-save performance by Budaj and earned a 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night. Calgary, which improved to 4-5 in November, had lost five of seven before Tuesday -- including an embarrassing 6-1 defeat in San Jose last week.

The Colorado Avalanche took advantage of a rare three-man advantage to beat the Edmonton Oilers. Darcy Tucker scored the tying goal with 10.7 seconds in regulation and added the winner in the fifth round of the shootout in the Avs' 3-2 victory Saturday night. Former Oilers star Ryan Smyth also scored in regulation for Colorado.

Every win is big for Peter Budaj and the struggling Colorado Avalanche. But a comeback victory against counterpart Roberto Luongo and the Vancouver Canucks was extra special. Paul Stastny tied it on an early third-period power play that also ended Luongo's three-game shutout streak, and Wojtek Wolski and Marek Svatos scored in the shootout, lifting Colorado to a 2-1 win over Vancouver on Wednesday...

Peter Budaj picked a good night to break out of his slump. Budaj posted his first shutout in more than a year, Darcy Tucker scored his 200th NHL goal, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Nashville Predators 1-0 on Saturday night to end a five-game losing streak. Budaj, who had given up four goals a game over his last five, made 26 saves.